toyota president akio toyoda unveiled the plan in new york on friday. >> translator: the popular lexus es 350 sedan in the united states on a new dedicated assembly line at the plant in georgetown, kentucky. >> the automaker apparently aims to use the move to increase its profits in the competitive north american market. the company plans to expand operations at its factory in the state of kentucky. it hopes to produce 50,000 units of the lexus es sedan annually. toyota now produces 100,000 lexus es cars at its factory in fukuoka prefecture, western japan. company officials say the u.s. move will not affect production capacity at the fukuoka factory, as they plan to manufacture other models there. toyoda says the u.s. is the largest market for luxury cars and that his company will be able to provide a service to customers there regardless of exchange rate fluctuations. >>> for the past five weeks a group of people in tokyo and all over the internet has been watching japanese chess with breathless anticipation. professional players have been playing at computers in a best-of-five compet